Contractors Sought For Tate Liverpool Remodelling Scheme
The Tate Liverpool announced earlier this year that it would close in the autumn until 2025 for a significant redevelopment, and it has now invited contractors to tender for the project. Plans have recently been revealed for the £29m remodelling scheme of the Grade I listed former warehouse at the Albert Dock.
Building UK reports that firms have until 14 July to bid for a pre-construction services contract worth £21.4m. The new plans promise to enhance the Victorian heritage of the building and will also open up new double-height exhibition spaces. This will widen the scope of artworks that can be displayed at the gallery.
£10m of the funding for the project will be provided by the Levelling Up fund, while £6.6m has been provided by the DCMS Estates Maintenance Fund. London-based 6a architects have already revealed their preliminary designs for the Tate Liverpool in a post on the gallery’s website.
Helen Legg, Director, Tate Liverpool, said: “We are proud to be the UK’s most visited modern art gallery outside London but, after 35 years, we want to do more to engage new audiences and to reduce the gallery’s impact on the environment.”
She added: “Through this once-in-a-generation renewal of Tate Liverpool we will become an art museum fit for the 21st century, serving the needs of artists and audiences, now and into the future while continuing to play our part in the ongoing evolution of the historic waterfront.”
Culture Secretary Lucy Frazer MP said: “Tate Liverpool’s regeneration will breathe new life into the gallery, open up access to its collection and improve the visitor experience. It will also bring the history of Liverpool’s iconic Albert Dock into the heart of the museum and I’m delighted we have been able to support this project.”
Stephanie Macdonald, Founding Director at 6a architects, said: “Tate Liverpool is a landmark project of re-use and so much of what we need now to re-imagine the gallery is already there. By uncovering and opening up, we can re-engage the robust materiality and unique waterfront location of Jesse Hartley’s 19th century warehouse.”
“Stirling Wilford’s innovative insertion of a gallery within the walls of the warehouse in the 1980’s is reprised in a new public Art Hall and their screens adapted for universal public access and low energy environmental improvement.”
“The resulting series of new dynamic and social spaces across the building will support an arts programme, embedded in the energy and warmth of the city, and make the life of Tate Liverpool and its visitors visible to all along the waterfront.”
The Tate Liverpool first opened its doors in 1988, making use of the city’s post-industrial heritage to great acclaim. The ample floorspace and large windows made the former warehouse an ideal venue for displaying artworks. The original Tate Gallery was founded in London in 1897 by Henry Tate, who made his fortune as a sugar refiner.
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